Elevation
14,074 ft / 4,290 m
Region
Highlights
- Missouri Mountain is a Colorado 14er in the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range.
- It is near fellow 14ers Mount Belford and Mount Oxford and separated from its eastern neighbor Mount Belford by Elkhead Pass.
- Offers some technical routes, rare to Sawatch fourteeners, but beware rotten rock!
Routes
8 climbs • 13.7 mi • 6,200 ft gain • 11 hr 43 min • Class 2
1 climb • 11.0 mi • 4,474 ft gain • 8 hr 14 min
1 climb • 14.9 mi • 4,695 ft gain • 7 hr 37 min
1 climb • 15.6 mi • 7,532 ft gain • 15 hr 1 min
1 climb
Latest climbs

"We weren't sure how we'd do at 14k, so we started super early in the morning and made our way to Mount Belford via the NW ridge, then traversed over to Mount Oxford. We weren't very fast, but we made it. Instead of descending back down the steep ridge, we opted to descend the more gradual, but longer route to Elkhead Pass. Once past the pass, we had a discussion about Missouri Mountain. That was the next day's agenda, but neither of us were anxious to do the approach again. It was only another 1500 or so feet of gain...why not?! We did it (extremely slowly) and were the last people off of the mountain today. Luckily, we had perfect weather all day long. We saw a lone mountain goat on our way up Belford, which became our spirit animal for the day." — Kevin • Sep 4, 2020

"It was a perfect fall day up in Missouri Gulch. The trail was icy in spots, but dry overall. After Missouri I continued to Iowa Peak and Emerald Peak and returned via Elkhead Pass. Round trip distance was about 13.5 miles with just over 6000' elevation gain." — WaxDr • Oct 9, 2015
"Mountain 3 of 4 for the day and my 18th fourteener so far this year. This one was by far the most difficult of the Belford, Oxford, Missouri trio. The trail up to the saddle is very steep, and then you have to traverse a significant amount of the ridge before you reach the summit. As you get close to the summit there is the option to do some class 3 stuff, or you could drop down and continue below it. Doing all three mountains in a single day was fairly difficult. we started in the dark and it was dark again before we made it back to our car. " — IanWright • Sep 6, 2015